With furloughs just beginning, what can be done to solve Redstone Arsenal traffic problems?

Traffic was backed up on I-565 eastbound from the exit to Redstone Arsenal's Gate 9 all the way to Wall Triana Boulevard in Madison on Friday, July 12, 2013. (Nicole Emmett/nemmett@al.com

It's been one week since about 15,500 civilian Department of
Defense workers at Redstone Arsenal began their furlough days and, so far, the
topic of traffic has dominated the conversation.

The furlough of security guards has shut down some lanes during the week and
two gates are closed entirely on Friday. The resulting traffic delays seem to be worsening and with no real Congressional effort to do away with
sequestration or eliminate furloughs, they appear here to stay.

On Monday, Team Redstone sent out the following message via
its Twitter account:

Good morning as we start our 2nd week of furlough we want to thank everyone for their patience. We appreciate everyone's input & suggestions

"I can give you one easy answer, open a High Occupancy
Vehicle lane and encourage carpooling...more people and fewer vehicles...from
what I've seen most of the 9 zillion vehicles trying to get on the arsenal
complex are single occupant...what a waste..."

Several drivers said the position of the lane closures is what
caused the delays.

"At gate 9 they closed the lane that would cause the most
delays. The second lane from the left was closed. They could have alleviated
the traffic issues by closing one of the right lanes. Anyone coming through
there this morning could see what they were doing," bulldog2001 wrote.

"There is no way base command is going to convince me or a
lot of other people this isn't scheduled to cause as much disruption as
possible to encourage as many complaints to the government as possible."

What do you think? What are your suggestions for dealing with
furlough-related traffic delays at Redstone Arsenal?